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In brief

The new small business insolvency reforms enacted by the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Act 2020 (Corporations Amendment Act) - which inserts a new Part 5.3B into the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) - are due to come into effect on 1 January 2021.

In brief

The Federal Court has ordered that an insolvency professional be appointed to act as a referee and to decide questions of insolvency in relation to a series of alleged unfair preferences, rather than have the judge undertake that task.


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In brief

The Federal Court has ordered that an insolvency professional be appointed to act as a referee and to decide questions of insolvency in relation to a series of alleged unfair preferences, rather than have the judge undertake that task.

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In brief

As of 19 October 2020, the changes to the Bankruptcy Code of Ukraine became effective.

What’s new

From 17 October 2020, and for the quarantine period, the following changes are introduced in the bankruptcy procedure:

In brief

Simplified Insolvency Programme (“SIP”)

La prolongada duración de los efectos de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre el tejido económico empresarial ha impulsado al Gobierno a extender en el tiempo algunas de las medidas en el ámbito de la Administración de Justicia que se habían adoptado en el marco del Real Decreto-Ley 16/2020, de 28 de abril, posteriormente confirmadas en la Ley 3/2020, de 18 de septiembre.

La Ley Concursal española prevé distintos tipos de marcos legales de reestructuración o insolvencia. El primero de ellos es el concurso de acreedores, que es un procedimiento sometido a una supervisión

The Spanish Insolvency Law sets out various types of restructuring or insolvency legal frameworks. The first is the “concurso de acreedores” or insolvency proceeding, which is a proceeding that is 

The Spanish Insolvency Law sets out various types of restructuring or insolvency legal frameworks. The first is the “concurso de acreedores” or insolvency proceeding, which is a proceeding that is